Zerwikaptur coat of arms

Zerwikaptur is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several gentry families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Alternative name

Koziegłowy

Earliest mention

Unknown

Towns

None

FamiliesBionetowski, Cieszkiewicz, Cieszkowski, Dobrogwil, Kozieglowski, Minolganski, Pasiowski, Podbipieta, Pollupieta, Zbigwicz, Zerwikaptur,

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Zerwikaptur
Alternative name	Koziegłowy
Earliest mention	Unknown
Towns	None
Families	Bionetowski, Cieszkiewicz, Cieszkowski, Dobrogwil, Kozieglowski, Minolganski, Pasiowski, Podbipieta, Pollupieta, Zbigwicz, Zerwikaptur,

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A legend about the origination of the coat of arms is used in the novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz, whereby a character Longinus Podbipięta managed to cut off the heads of three knights bearing the goat's head on their arms with a single swing of his huge sword. Therefore he named his sword "Zerwikaptur", literally meaning "coif-snapper", and later got the coat of arms of this name. In fact, Zerwikaptur originated well before the times of the novel.